DinkyDogg
December 25th, 2009, 10:43 AM
I've just done a fresh install first of Windows 7 on my secondary internal hard drive (partitioned with MBR), then Ubuntu 9.10 on my primary (partitioned with GPT.) update-grub adds the Windows 7 drive to my Grub menu, but when I try to boot it, I get the error "No such device" followed by the device id. I can boot Windows successfully by changing my hard drive boot order from my BIOS, but this is far from a good solution.
When I remove the line "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ba123456-7890-abcd-efghijklmnop" from the grub entry, Grub gives the error "No such partition" instead of "No such device".
Here is the output of the boot info script:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector
500450712 of the same hard drive for core.img, core.img is at this
location on /dev/sda and looks on partition #4 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: BSD4.4: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda1 starts at sector 40.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: hfsplus
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1,465,149,167 1,465,149,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start End Size System
/dev/sda1 40 409,639 409,600 System/Boot Partition
/dev/sda2 409,640 488,419,551 488,009,912 HFS+
/dev/sda3 488,681,696 492,874,199 4,192,504 Linux Swap
/dev/sda4 492,874,200 574,789,634 81,915,435 Linux (usually)
/dev/sda5 574,789,635 1,255,431,554 680,641,920 Linux (usually)
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdd442434
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2,048 488,394,751 488,392,704 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: LABEL="EFI" UUID="70D6-1701" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="3d7032de-2490-3477-b7cb-402a45ee2c50" LABEL="OSX" TYPE="hfsplus"
/dev/sda3: UUID="513d9406-761f-4b1b-bc38-b5567e568ee8" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda4: UUID="15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="Linux-Home" UUID="df43be62-3812-483f-8244-1e3b772e368b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="D6B6E4B3B6E49571" TYPE="ntfs"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda4 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/home/dinkydogg/.Private on /home/dinkydogg type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=0095e796056a27cf,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=b 09d253a59c00ef1,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_b ytes=16)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dinkydogg/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dinkydogg)
=========================== sda4/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6b6e4b3b6e49571
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
=============================== sda4/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=df43be62-3812-483f-8244-1e3b772e368b /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=513d9406-761f-4b1b-bc38-b5567e568ee8 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
252.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
252.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
252.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
252.3GB: initrd.img
252.3GB: initrd.img.old
252.3GB: vmlinuz
252.3GB: vmlinuz.old
Anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot this further?
When I remove the line "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ba123456-7890-abcd-efghijklmnop" from the grub entry, Grub gives the error "No such partition" instead of "No such device".
Here is the output of the boot info script:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector
500450712 of the same hard drive for core.img, core.img is at this
location on /dev/sda and looks on partition #4 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: BSD4.4: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda1 starts at sector 40.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: hfsplus
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1,465,149,167 1,465,149,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start End Size System
/dev/sda1 40 409,639 409,600 System/Boot Partition
/dev/sda2 409,640 488,419,551 488,009,912 HFS+
/dev/sda3 488,681,696 492,874,199 4,192,504 Linux Swap
/dev/sda4 492,874,200 574,789,634 81,915,435 Linux (usually)
/dev/sda5 574,789,635 1,255,431,554 680,641,920 Linux (usually)
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdd442434
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2,048 488,394,751 488,392,704 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: LABEL="EFI" UUID="70D6-1701" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="3d7032de-2490-3477-b7cb-402a45ee2c50" LABEL="OSX" TYPE="hfsplus"
/dev/sda3: UUID="513d9406-761f-4b1b-bc38-b5567e568ee8" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda4: UUID="15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="Linux-Home" UUID="df43be62-3812-483f-8244-1e3b772e368b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="D6B6E4B3B6E49571" TYPE="ntfs"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda4 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/home/dinkydogg/.Private on /home/dinkydogg type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=0095e796056a27cf,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=b 09d253a59c00ef1,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_b ytes=16)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dinkydogg/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dinkydogg)
=========================== sda4/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6b6e4b3b6e49571
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
=============================== sda4/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=15c13abd-ed7f-4a14-8ad6-5fb43b6408c6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=df43be62-3812-483f-8244-1e3b772e368b /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=513d9406-761f-4b1b-bc38-b5567e568ee8 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
252.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
252.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
252.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
252.3GB: initrd.img
252.3GB: initrd.img.old
252.3GB: vmlinuz
252.3GB: vmlinuz.old
Anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot this further?